35. Jin | Progress | Zhou Yi | English

晋（jìn）：（）康（kāng）侯（hóu）用（yòng）锡（xī）马（mǎ）蕃（fān）庶（shù），（）昼（zhòu）日（rì）三（sān）接（jiē）。（）

Translation: 晋 / Progress: Draft rendering: 康侯用锡马蕃庶，昼日三接。.

Reading note: This is the judgment of Jin (Progress), setting the overall situation and guiding principle for the whole hexagram. The image should be read as a concrete way of describing the situation before choosing how to act.

初（chū）六（liù）：（）晋（jìn）如（rú）摧（cuī）如（rú），（）贞（zhēn）吉（jí），（）罔（wǎng）孚（fú）。（）裕（yù），（）无（wú）咎（jiù）。（）

Translation: First Six: 晋如摧如，uprightness is auspicious，罔孚。裕，no blame。.

Reading note: The first line is the lowest position, where a situation is just beginning and its strength is still forming. “constancy” means holding to what is correct over time; “no blame” means avoiding fault, not necessarily winning great success; “auspicious” indicates a favorable direction.

六（liù）二（èr）：（）晋（jìn）如（rú）愁（chóu）如（rú），（）贞（zhēn）吉（jí）。（）受（shòu）兹（zī）介（jiè）福（fú），（）于（yú）其（qí）王（wáng）母（mǔ）。（）

Translation: Second Six: 晋如愁如，uprightness is auspicious。受兹介福，于其王母。.

Reading note: The second line often suggests a central and emerging position: no longer hidden, but not yet in command. “constancy” means holding to what is correct over time; “auspicious” indicates a favorable direction.

六（liù）三（sān）：（）众（zhòng）允（yǔn），（）悔（huǐ）亡（wáng）。（）

Translation: Third Six: 众允，regret disappears。.

Reading note: The third line stands at the end of the lower trigram, where effort and pressure increase and caution becomes important. “regret” or “difficulty” points to trouble caused by an ill-measured action.

九（jiǔ）四（sì）：（）晋（jìn）如（rú）鼫（shí）鼠（shǔ），（）贞（zhēn）厉（lì）。（）

Translation: Fourth Nine: 晋如鼫鼠，uprightness still requires vigilance。.

Reading note: The fourth line enters the upper trigram and marks a threshold between holding back and advancing. “constancy” means holding to what is correct over time; “danger” calls for vigilance.

六（liù）五（wǔ）：（）悔（huǐ）亡（wáng），（）失（shī）得（dé）勿（wù）恤（xù），（）往（wǎng）吉（jí）无（wú）不（bù）利（lì）。（）

Translation: Fifth Six: regret disappears，失得do not worry，往auspicious无不利。.

Reading note: The fifth line is near the honored position, where influence can be exercised if power remains aligned with what is right. “auspicious” indicates a favorable direction; “regret” or “difficulty” points to trouble caused by an ill-measured action.

上（shàng）九（jiǔ）：（）晋（jìn）其（qí）角（jiǎo），（）维（wéi）用（yòng）伐（fá）邑（yì），（）厉（lì）吉（jí），（）无（wú）咎（jiù），（）贞（zhēn）吝（lìn）。（）

Translation: Top Nine: 晋其角，维用伐邑，danger; be vigilantauspicious，no blame，贞regret or difficulty。.

Reading note: The top line is the end of the hexagram's movement, often warning about excess, culmination, or the need to change course. “constancy” means holding to what is correct over time; “no blame” means avoiding fault, not necessarily winning great success; “auspicious” indicates a favorable direction; “danger” calls for vigilance; “regret” or “difficulty” points to trouble caused by an ill-measured action.

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